PS1 downloads are not even popular on a dedicated gaming device. Why on earth would someone BUY A PHONE to play them.

Also, any decent games people care to list are already available on the PSN and have been for months. There is no sense in signing up for a contract for this relatively shit smartphone when you could get a decent phone and a cheap second hand PSP instead.

The market for people needing convenient access to PS1 games but who do not wish to carry two devices is OBVIOUSLY so small that you have to wonder what's going on with the whole chain of command at Sony. What idiot thought it was a good idea, what idiot green lit the project, what idiot crunched the numbers? What a disaster. Reply+1

Active shutter glasses are awful. I demoed every single version including a £2600 Sony set and it was just awful, with background flickering and sparkly edges to a layered display without any kind of volume to the items onscreen. So far the best 3D effect I've seen is the at the cinema (no compromise on screen size or ambient light helps a LOT) or the 3DS. Reply-3

They launched the PSPgo on the same day as GT. You could get your PSPgo home, update the firmware, then sit and wait 3-4 hours for GT to download, totally unable to use the device.

There was an alternative plan, you could set up Media Go, watch it fail to work, surf the web for the solution, mess around with .NET patches, finally get it working, and then kick the download off while you mess around with your PSPgo which doesn't have any games on it yet.

@Caimbeul, no, that's not correct. Their tablets especially but also their smartphones and ipods are clearly very competitively priced (just ask the Motorola Xoom). You will also find it difficult to beat their hardware build quality for the price in the niches that they've created. They just look expensive because they don't make mainstream systems. Reply+5

@jellyBelly, I disagree. OS X is the one looking tired; the last update added very little to the overall experience, and I'm not sure that merging in the iOS look and feel is going to help that. Windows 7 is functionally equivalent in all key areas, and also has a few advantages (TRIM support anyone?). The problem that OS X has right now is that it can't justify the high prices of the Mac hardware, the only USP it has as of right now is a consistent aesthetic. I have an early 2008 Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard and I see very little reason to upgrade it. I don't understand anyone who has upgraded to anything newer. I also certainly won't pay more than £25 for Lion.

Apple are laser focused on iOS to the detriment of Macs and OS X. That's fine for now, I'm a happy iPad owner after all.

But I would certainly welcome a real shift in the desktop space, as tablets and smartphones are making £1500 laptops look like a foolish purchase. Reply+2

I have no problem with the concept of purchasing gold. Sometimes it can be important in order to keep up with your guild if you go on holiday or something like that.

However, buying gold in advance for an MMO that (let's face it) will probably tank and for which there is no guarantee that your friends will even bother playing does seem incredibly dumb. But on the other hand, some people just like to get ahead of the game. While the headline price here is crazy, I'm sure they have lower denominations.

When I roll a new alt in WoW I usually send him a few hundred G from my characters at the level cap, because it's just pocket change to them, but it can make advancing through the levels MUCH quicker. I'd wager that people will do the same here, but with pre-purchased coinage. Reply-12

@Toothball, that's where the value proposition starts to get even worse, if you're stuck in a contract now, then picking this up with a contract at the end of the year or whenever is going to lock you into the old tech for an even longer period.

Now, if it was PS2 games, I think that would make a world of difference. I guess I'll wait to see if they ever get to that point. Reply+1

Dumbest statement I've read today. Every unique selling point is a gimmick. Gimmick is not the derogative term that you seem to think it is. No other handhelds have 3D, the 3DS does, therefore, yes, 3D is a gimmick.

Personally I'd say it's a MacGuffin. It's nice to have, it gets people interested. The long term strength of the platform is going to come from elsewhere (looking at the list of internal studios and what they're working on, my guess is the long term strength is going to come from the games). Reply+2